The number of clinical assignment hours for students is based on eight (8) hours per day. For the safety of students and patients, not more than (10) clinical hours shall be scheduled in any one day. Scheduled didactic and clinical hours combined cannot exceed (40) hours per week. Clinical hours at the affiliate sites will vary from 7:30 am - 4:00 pm; 8:00 am - 11:00 am; and 7:30 am - 2:00 pm depending on the area and/or room assignment. Variations in these hours exist in the following areas: fluoroscopy, intravenous urography, surgical radiography, and portable (bedside) radiography. Students will be informed of changes in shift hours at least two (2) weeks prior to entering any of the afore-mentioned assignments. All clinical assignments for students are limited to not more than ten (10) hours per day and the total didactic and clinical hours combined cannot exceed forty (40) hours per week.
All students may be required to complete evening, night, and weekend rotations beginning with Clinical Education III. Student assignments to evening rotation (3:00 PM -11:00 PM), night rotation (11:00 PM -7:00 AM) and weekend rotation (7:30 AM - 4:00 PM) will be made by the Program Director and Clinical Coordinator. All evening, night, and weekend rotations will be assigned in advance in order to work with student’s schedules accordingly.
Students will be assigned a meal break which they are required to take each day. The meal break will be commensurate with the practice of the department and area/rotation assignment. The meal break may not be used to make up or accrue time. Meal breaks are required for all students.